Cure
- Restores a small amount of HP, aswell as dealing damage to Undead.
MP Cost: 3
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Monsters

Cure 2
- Restores a moderate amount of HP, aswell as dealing damage to Undead.
MP Cost: 9
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Monsters

Cure 3
- Restores a large amount of HP, aswell as dealing damage to Undead.
MP Cost: 18
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Monsters

Cure 4
- Restores a massive amount of HP, aswell as dealing damage to Undead.
MP Cost: 40
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Monsters

Life
- Revives an ally from KO, with roughly 10% of Maximum HP (give or take).
MP Cost: 8
Target: Single Ally

Life 2
- Revives an ally from KO, with full HP.
MP Cost: 52
Target: Single Ally

Esuna
- Removes all negative status ailments from one party member. Poison, Mini, Piggy, Bio, Silence, Darkness, Petrify, etc.
MP Cost: 20
Target: Single Ally, Single Monster

Dispel / Dspel
- Destroys positive status' from monster. Haste, Protect, Shell, Blink, etc.
MP Cost: 12
Target: Single Enemy, Single Ally (why target your own people though? lol)

Reflect / Wall
- Deflects all magic targeted at the character, White or Black, Summons can bypass this defensive spell though. Can also reflect monster Abilities aside from their Spells. You can also Reflect your own spells off your party members to break through the enemies Wall if they so have it cast.
MP Cost: 30
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Libra / Scan
- Displays the target's HP/MP aswell as Weakness If any. Will not work against stronger monsters later on it the game, along with any/all boss'.
MP Cost: 1
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy (cannot be used on Bosses)

Blink
- Grants the target with 2 Images of themselves, affectively evading 2 direct attacks from any monster/ally. Magic can bypass this defensive measure.
MP Cost: 8
Target: Single Ally

Levitate / Float
- Makes the target Hover above the ground, making them effective immune to Quake/GaiaRage and floor square that damage you (eg: Slyvan Caves)
MP Cost: 8
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Protect / Armor
- Increases the Def stat by a certain amount of points, can be stacked to make it even higher. I've found that it really doesn't make too much difference overall.
MP Cost: 9
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Shell
- Same as Armor except it works on your M.Def stat, Again im not sure if its makes too much difference but I haven't personally used it too often.
MP Cost: 10
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Minimum / Mini
- Transforms the Target into a midget, effectively making their attack power 1 and their defense 1. Makes them vulnerable to any attacks, they can still cast Magic in this form as their Mag and M.Def are un-affected.
MP Cost: 6
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Berserk / Bersk
- Makes the target lose control of their action, but raises their attack power dramatically and attack random enemies on the field. This can be very handy in some Boss battles so keep it in mind.
MP Cost: 18
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Confuse / Charm
- Screws with the target's mind and makes them attack any target on the battlefield. Enemy or Ally, and have a higher rate of using special abilities.
MP Cost: 10
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Silence / Mute
- Makes it impossible to cast any kind of Magic and/or Magical abilities.
MP Cost: 6
Target: All Allies, All Enemies

Slow
- Decreases the Agi. stat, thus making your turn time longer.
MP Cost: 14
Target: All Allies, All Enemies

Haste
- Increases the Agi. stat, giving you faster turn times.
MP Cost: 25
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Hold
- Prevents the target from taking any actions for a random period of time.
MP Cost: 5
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Sight
- Zooms out on the World Map allowing you to see the surrounding regions.
MP Cost: 2

Teleport / Exit
- Takes the entire party out of battles/dungeons and returns them to the World Map.
MP Cost: 10
Target: Entire party

Holy / White
- A Holy based attack, basically. Extreme damage to Undead and just about everything else in the game.
MP Cost: 46
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Fire
- Minor Fire Elemental damage, most effective against Undead aswell as x2 damage to Ice Elemental monsters.
MP Cost: 5
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Fire 2
- Moderate Fire Elemental damage, gives the Undead a raping and x2 damage to Ice Elemental monsters.
MP Cost: 15
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Fire 3
- Very high Fire Elemental damage, absolutely destroys Undead and deals good damage to anything in the game. x2 damage to Ice Elemental monsters -> In most cases it does 9999 to Ice Elementals.
MP Cost: 30
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Ice
- Minor Ice Elemental damage, x2 damage to Fire Elemental monsters.
MP Cost: 5
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Ice 2
- Moderate Ice Elemental damage, x2 damage to Fire Elemental monsters.
MP Cost: 15
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Ice 3
- Very High Ice Elemental damage, x2 damage to Fire Elemental monsters.
MP Cost: 30
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Bolt
- Minor Lightning Elemental damage, x2 damage to Mechanical monsters and those Weak vs Lightning (Odin, for example).
MP Cost: 5
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Bolt 2
- Moderate Lightning Elemental damage, x2 damage to Mechanical monsters and those Weak vs Lightning.
MP Cost: 15
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Bolt 3
- Very High Lightning Elemental damage, x2 damage to Mechanical monsters and those Weak vs Lightning.
MP Cost: 30
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Poison
- Makes the target lose HP in regular intervals, damage based on 8% of MaxHP.
MP Cost: 2
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Bio
- Hits target for 1000-2000 (roughly) damage additionally granting rapid HP loss over a short period of time. Eventually fades off.
MP Cost: 20
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Quake
- Heavy attack against all ground-based enemies. Has no elemental values so Its effective vs. everything, technically. Floating Monsters are immune to this spell, obviously.
MP Cost: 30
Target: All Enemies

Break
- Turns the target into Stone, KO basically. Low success rate so only use it when you really have the itch to.
MP Cost: 15
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Tornado
- Smashes the targets HP into single digits.. example, if you're HP was around 4300? It'd now be at around 1HP. As the above mentioned spell its success isn't very regular but it never hurts to try neh?
MP Cost: 20
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Sleep
- Disables the target(s) from acting for a duration of time in battle. If they are hit by any party member, physically, they will wake up and resume as per normal. Magical attacks dont wake characters up during this spells time.
MP Cost: 12
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Stop
- Stops the target indefinitely from any action, better success rate then Sleep and you can still attack the target whilst it remains in its Stop status. Effect lasts for around... 15-20 character turns? depends on what kind of monster you Stop too.
MP Cost: 15
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Piggy
- Transforms the target(s) into Pigs, lowers Attack/Defense power somewhat, Magic seems to work fine otherwise. Can be cast again to transform the target to its previous state.
MP Cost: 1
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Toad
- As above, just to Toads. Attack/Defense power is thrown down to 1 and you are limited to one spell, Toad, to transform you (or others) to the previous state.
MP Cost: 7
Target: Single/All Allies, Single/All Enemies

Dejon / Warp
- Warps you back to the previous entry you walked through, use this if you're the impatient type. Doesn't work in every single section of the game though.
MP Cost: 4
Target: Entire Party

Drain
- Takes some of the enemies HP and restores your own in return. This spell is most effective vs. Blobs and Imps.
MP Cost: 18
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Osmose / Psych
- As above, but it attacks the MP of the target and restores your own. Will only drain 1 MP if the target has no MP to take.
MP Cost: 0
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Death
- KO on the chosen target, simple as that. Isn't too successful but its damn handy when it connects.
MP Cost: 35
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Flare
- Concentrated explosion, deals out massive damage to the target. This spell is generally considered non-elemental but the damage tends to sway from target to target.
MP Cost: 50
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Meteo
- Clears the battlefield, smacks every monster on the screen in the ups of 9000 damage without fail. Will be slightly lower on some bosses but those aside its the single most powerful spell/ability in the game.
MP Cost: 99
Target: All Enemies (It'd fuck you up if you could cast it on your party, lmao)

Goblin
-Goblin Punch (non-element, weak)
MP Cost: 1
Single - Ally

Cockatrice
-Stone Break (instant death)
MP Cost: 15
Single - Enemy

Flayer
-Mind Blast (non-elemental attack, average)
MP Cost: 18
Single - Enemy

Bomb
-Self-Destruct (damage equal to the casters HP)
MP Cost: 10
Single - Enemy

Asura
-Asura (randomly casts either A; Cure 3 B; Life 1 C; Protect)
MP Cost: 50
All - Allies

Sylph
-Winds Whisper (enemies HP is absorbed and given to party)
MP Cost: 25
All - Enemies

Chocobo
-Chocobo Kick (non-elemental, weak)
MP Cost: 7
Single - Enemy

Mist
-Mist Breath (non-elemental, weak-average)
MP Cost: 20
All - Enemies

Titan
Anger of the Land (earth-based, average-strong)
MP Cost: 40
All - Enemies

Shiva
-Snowstorm (ice-based, average)
MP Cost: 30
All - Enemies

Ramuh
Judgement Bolt (lightning-based, average)
MP Cost: 30
All - Enemies

Ifrit
Hellfire (fire-base, average)
MP Cost: 30
All - Enemies

Leviathan
-Tsunami (water-based, strong)
MP Cost: 50
All - Enemies

Odin
-Zantetsuken / Odin (instant death)
MP Cost: 45
All - Enemies

Bahamut
-Mega Flare / MegaFire (non-elemental, strong-extreme)
MP Cost: 60
All - Enemies

Katon / Flame
- Hits all monsters for some Fire damage, is reasonable but could be much better damage. Deals x2 damage to Undead, those monsters classified as Weak vs. Fire and Ice Elemental based monsters.
MP Cost: 15
Target: All Enemies

Suiton / Flood
- As above but Ice damage, is reasonable but could be much better damage. Deals x2 damage to Weak vs. Ice and Fire Elemental based monsters.
MP Cost: 20
Target: All Enemies

Raijin / Blitz
- Also relating to above but Lightning Elemental damage, does good damage all around in comparison to the former two spells. Has the random effect of Charm on (some) Mechanical monsters, deals x2 damage on Weak vs. Bolt and Ice Elemental based monsters.
MP Cost: 25
Target: All Enemies

Needles / Pin
- Induces blind status on target
MP Cost: 5
Target: Single Ally, Single Enemy

Image
- Creates multiple images of the caster, making it difficult to hit
MP Cost: 6
Target: Edge

Smoke
- causes smoke screen, allowing for easy escape from battle
MP Cost: 10
Target: Entire Party

Comet
-Hundreds of Stars come pouring in on opponents doing critical damage. This attack hits all opponents and it cannot be reflected. Each single hit is stronger than that of Flare and also there is a 1-in-4 chance of this being cast. (non-elemental, average)
MP Cost: 20
All - enemies

Flare
- burst of Nuclear Energy is exploded towards an opponent doing excellent damage. This attack can be reflected however and the single hit is less than a single hit of Comet. (non-elemental, average)
MP Cost: 10
All - enemies

A note about TWIN magic, both Palom and Porom have to be alive to cast this, it also consumes both of their turns.